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Sri Lanka
Population
- 20,000,000
Area
- 65,610 sq Km
Length
- (270 Miles), (432 Km)
Width
- (140 Miles), (224 Km)
Language
- Sinhala 74%, Tamil 18%
English 8%
Administrative division : Province 9,
District -24
Nationals
Sinhala
Tamil
Muslim
Berger
Malay
- 73.8%
- 8.5%
- 7.27%
- 0.3%
- 0.2%
Religion
Buddhist
Hindu
Christians
- 69.1%
- 7.1%
- 6.2%
Colombo
Kandy
Galle
Jaffna
Sri Lanka
Ethnic Conflict
&
War
IMPORTANT MILESTONE
Ceylon gained independence on February 04, 1948. However, it was
not complete independence. In terms of the defense agreement
entered into between Britain and Ceylon, Colombo, Trincomalee
and Katunayake bases continued to remain under British control
In 1948, the very year of independence, the Parliament dominated
by the majority Sinhalese, enacted the Citizenship Act which
reduced the political strength of the Tamils by one-half. Under this
Act, one million Hill country Tamils, whom the British brought
from South India 200 years before to work in the tea and rubber
plantations, lost their citizenship rights.
In 1949 the Hill country Tamils' franchise rights were deprived by
simple amendment to the order in council. The new law Ceylon
Amendment Act defined that only citizens have the right to vote in
elections.
May 22, 1972 a new constitution was adopted. Ceylon was renamed Sri
Lanka. Prabhakaran formed the New Tamil Tigers organization.
January 10, 1974 nine people lost their lives when the Srilankan Sinhalese
police at the instigation of Alfred Duraiappha, Mayor of Jaffna, arbitrarily
broke-up the 4th Tamil Research conference held in Jaffna by baton-charging
and firing.
On May 5, 1975 with the object of rallying the entire Tamil nation, the
"Tamil New Tigers" were re-named "Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam." V.
Prabhakaran was named the Chairman and Military Commander of the
LTTE
On July 27, 1975 Tamil traitor Alfred Duraiappah was shot dead. This
marked the first attack in the history of the armed liberation struggle. The
attack was mounted by Tamil New Tigers under the leadership of V.
Prabhakaran.
On May 14, 1976 the Tamil United liberation Front (TULF) was formed.
A resolution to establish an independent Tamil Eelam was adopted at the
TULF convention held at Vaddukkodai. This is called the Vaddukkodai
Resolution
In the elections held in July, 1977 the United National Party headed by
J.R.Jayawardena came to power. The Tamil United Liberation front won 18
seats on a mandate for the establishment of an Independent, Sovereign,
Secular, Socialist state of Tamil Eelam, to become the official opposition
party. Following the election yet another racial riot was engineered and
executed against the Tamils.
In July 1978 Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka was established
under a new constitution. Presidential system of government came into
effect. J.R. Jayawardena became the first president.
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